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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:04 AM UTC
Here are some pics of my dio not quite finished see what you think.
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:17 AM UTC
great dio, what did you use for the water?? STUG
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:20 AM UTC
The water is EnviroTex 2 part resin. I used cat litter and small stones for the creek bed.
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 12:58 PM UTC
Nice one PFC. The bridge bed, water and bridge itself look amazing. Are you going to add more figures or vehicles? It all look a bit big for just the one figure and tank on the bridge! Not nit-picking... just my thoughts. Looking forward to seeing the bridge painted up and weathered! Should look excellent!
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 03:36 PM UTC
Thanks plasticbottle, I dont know about having any more figs Ihave the tank commander and to crew members in tank plus the German soldier. I will give it some thought .
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 04:16 PM UTC
Looks great, i like the way the bodie is floating, cheers
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2003 - 06:56 PM UTC
hi, nice work but witch scale is it????? I would liked to see more detailed views, again nice work and especially the bridge!!! :-) :-) :-)

Laurie
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:56 AM UTC
The bridge is GREAT! I've thougth about, but never gotten around to, scratchbuilding a bridge..I'm glad to see someone else has tackled the project and succeeded as well.

Having said that, so you now know I'm an armchair critic and not an experten...

Have you thought about adding boltheads or pegs to the diagonals where they meet the bridge frame or pilings?

Also, are you going to tint the water? Not having seen every stream in the world, I can't say for sure, but the water looks almost TOO clear to my jaded eye.

But having said that, I'm glad, from these pics at least, you resisted the urge to add the spreading bloodstain heading downstream.

Love the kittylitter bottom rocks, very creative and a good effect .

Did you pour the stream all at once or in layers? From these pics I can see no bubbles, again, nicely done!

My $0.02US before tax cut.. oh wait, I'm not stinking rich... I'm not GETTING a tax cut.

Mike
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 01:08 AM UTC
Nicely done! Can you tell us how to build that bridge?
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 02:44 AM UTC
Great job. Very nicely done. You have done the water very well, the German is great, nice pose.
Couple of points I'd toss out as 'finishers' - I personally would weather the bridge quite a bit, it looks very clean and new (unless that's what you were going for), I would also take a pin and put in nail holes all over the bridge to indicate where the nails/bolts are holidng the boards together.

Very nice, you can be proud of that one.
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 05:38 AM UTC
Thanks for the replies. This is 1/35 scale dio,I built the bridge out of balsa wood and craft sticks I first put up the support beams than built the frame and laid the craft sticks down for the planks its takes awhile but its not difficult youre are welcome to use my pics as refference. On the water I have not done this much so the water is clear I have not tried to color water yet so I guess it will stay the way it is but I did poor it all at once I find pooring layers waste to much resin unless you are good at it Im still on the novice level I think it looks cool myself :-) I will wheather the bridge more I did not think of the nail holes thanks Slodder.
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